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Short-term rentals in Ilfracombe

Ilfracombe has 816 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 482 on Airbnb and 334 on Booking.com. That ranks it 151st of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 59% of its listings on Airbnb. 49% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (100 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
816
Market rank
#151 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
18

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ilfracombe

In Ilfracombe, Airbnb leads with 482 listings (59%), versus 334 on Booking.com (41%).

Where the listings are in Ilfracombe

The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red and Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan to explore the market, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 816 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Ilfracombe

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 60% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 41% on Airbnb. The 18 named professional operators run 344 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 75% of that. The other 53 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
49%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
24%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 194
  • 2–5 listings 146
  • 6–25 listings 79
  • 26+ (professional) 397

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 49% of Ilfracombe's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (40%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 396
  • Apartments & flats 329
  • B&Bs & guest houses 36
  • Private & shared rooms 22
  • Hotels & hostels 18
  • Unique & outdoor 15

Largest operators in Ilfracombe

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked United Kingdom listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Ilfracombe, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 holidaycottages.co.uk 100 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
2 Sykes Holiday Cottages 91 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
3 Cottages.com 66 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
4 Turners Holiday Lodges 38 4.77 / 5 8.5 / 10 372
5 TJS Properties 11 4.54 / 5 7.8 / 10 2,800
6 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 6 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 77,518
7 My Favourite Cottages 5 4.76 / 5 9.1 / 10 1,188
8 Travelnest Ltd 5 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
9 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 4 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,199
10 Finest Retreats 3 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946

The other 8 professional operators in Ilfracombe

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Ilfracombe among their markets. See the full interactive Ilfracombe market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Ilfracombe compares

Ilfracombe ranks 151st of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Ilfracombe market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Ilfracombe?

Ilfracombe has 816 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 482 on Airbnb and 334 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ilfracombe?

The largest professional operator in Ilfracombe is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 100 local listings.

How professionalised is the Ilfracombe short-term rental market?

49% of Ilfracombe's listings (397 of 816) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 60% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 41% on Airbnb. The 18 named professional operators run 344 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 75% of that. The other 53 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ilfracombe?

In Ilfracombe, Airbnb leads with 482 listings (59%), versus 334 on Booking.com (41%).

How many professional operators run listings in Ilfracombe?

18 named professional operators run listings in Ilfracombe. The full roster is listed on this page, and the interactive market report maps every listing.

About this data

Figures come from myDataValue's cross-platform market snapshot of 816 public short-term rental listings in Ilfracombe, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com across the United Kingdom. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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